Chris Whitaker: We Begin at the End

About Robin, Vincent tells Walk: “I couldn’t let him be me.” (Here) What do you think Vincent meant?

Do you think Duchess would have shot Vincent if he hadn’t gone over the cliff’s edge? (Here)

To his doctor near the beginning of the story, Walk says: “I tell you, you ever see me wasting my days on some fishing boat, you just come down and shoot me.” (Here) Yet this seems to be the life he chooses at the end. Later, Walk thinks, “The future was a frightening thing, but then he reasoned it always had been.” (Here) Why has Walk changed his mind? What does a frightening future mean with regard to Walk? Is Walk better off at the beginning or the end of the novel?

Duchess asks Thomas Noble, “You think there’s such a thing as a truly selfless act …?” (Here) Does Duchess find out the answer to this question by the end of the story? Do you think there is such a thing?

Why do you think Duchess leaves Robin with Peter and Lucy? Did she do the right thing in letting him stay with the Laytons rather than reclaiming him? Is this her truly selfless act? (Here)

Is Darke a good person? Why do you think he gives the gun back to Vincent?

Why do you think Duchess clings to the belief that she is an outlaw? Why does she reference outlaws throughout the book?

Do you think each character gets the ending they deserve?

Why do you think the author named this book what he did? Do you think the title fits the book? Why or why not?

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First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Zaffre

This ebook edition published in 2020 by

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Copyright © Chris Whitaker, 2020

Cover design by Nick Stearn

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organisations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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ISBN: 978–1–78576–941–2

Paperbook ISBN: 978–1–78576–962–7

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